Some men like to zhng their cars (that’s “souping up” for all of you international readers). I like nothing more than to modify my gadgets—my cameras, especially—so that they work the way I want them to.

I’m an architectural photography kind of guy, so not having a wide-angle lens to shoot with is like asking me to dance with my feet bound. After using my Viewty Smart for a day, I decided to put some obsolete accessories to good use.

I have an old Sony Handycam, its lens mount having already broken off from the chassis, and a wide-angle conversion lens that I don’t use any more. So I took some industrial-strength double-sided tape and stuck the lens mount onto the Viewty Smart.

With the transplanted lens mount, I can use any of the optical accessories Sony offers for its Handycams that come in 30mm mount, or even any of the 37mm ones if I use a step-up ring.

Here’s the mod, which got a good reaction from the LG Korea folks when I showed it to them. There was the initial look of surprise, which was quickly followed by chuckling. Then, with rapt attention they studied it, mumbling amongst themselves as they turned the thing this way and that way.

The lens mount on the Viewty Smart, pictured here with the wide-angle lens and a polarizer

Now, the next thing is to figure out a way to mount the Viewty Smart onto a pocket tripod.

Oh, an optical zoom of sorts would be nice too…